Flight-to-quality and correlation between currency and stock returns

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Banking & Finance
Year: 2016
Volume: 62
Issue: C
Pages: 191-212

Authors (4)

Cho, Jin-Wan (not in RePEc) Choi, Joung Hwa (not in RePEc) Kim, Taeyong (not in RePEc) Kim, Woojin (Seoul National University)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We document that capital flows in and out of emerging or developed markets are sensitive to global equity market conditions. Capital tends to move out of emerging into developed countries in global down markets, leading to depreciation (appreciation) of emerging (developed) currencies. This generates a positive (negative) correlation between currency and equity in emerging (developed) markets which is amplified by the magnitude of the capital movement. We also verify that hedging currency risks may undo the natural hedge and increase the total return volatility under negative correlation.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jbfina:v:62:y:2016:i:c:p:191-212
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25